Hybrid infrastructure

Hybrid infrastructure - O There is no doubt that cloud infrastructure will prevail in the future. However, advanced cloud adoption is often preceded by a step in the form of deploying a hybrid infrastructure. Why do we think a hybrid scenario is a step in the right direction? What are the advantages and disadvantages of hybrid infrastructure? How can Blue Dynamic help you? Read on to find out.

Many companies operating their own servers realize this by purchasing the necessary hardware, virtualization platforms and other infrastructure, and then placing them in their own or leased datacenters. Increasing resource requirements are then either drawn from invested, adequately sized capacities, or additional resources must be purchased. One way to fill the missing hardware capacity is to use a hybrid cloud, where resources are only rented from a service provider, either as a private or public cloud.

Hybrid infrastructure is often the first step towards the advanced use of clouds and the gradual reduction of own on-premise resources.

Why Hybrid Infrastructure

The advantages of leased servers are in unlimited scalability and in delegating the responsibility to take care of hardware, virtualization software and all technology in general. Of course, it is also possible to provide other services from the landlord's portfolio, such as 24/7 support including SLA at the required level, security at all levels or high availability of datacenters and sites.

“With the appropriate configuration of resource scaling, automatic scaling, and even shutting down unnecessary servers, the customer is able to significantly optimize the final price for cloud services using the Pay As You Go model.“

Another advantage is that the service, that is, the cloud, and the purchase of physical machines, are different costs, thus opex vs. capex (Opex Costs = Operational Expenditures; Capex Costs or Investment Costs = Capital Expenditures). With the appropriate configuration of resource scaling, automatic scaling, and even shutting down unnecessary servers, the customer is able to significantly optimize the final price for cloud services using the Pay As You Go model. Just like hardware, it is possible to license Windows operating systems with a monthly payment and not deal with costly licensing agreements.

In addition, thanks to a hybrid scenario, backup or replication to the cloud, the customer will have the opportunity to secure backup infrastructure for their on-premise solution and thus insure against outages.

Private or public cloud

The definition specifies that both the private cloud and its hardware are run exclusively for the organization with a high degree of physical isolation, but allows for comfortable management of the environment without the need to own hardware. This can be an advantage if, for example, the customer needs to be able to identify or define the hardware where its environment is located for legal reasons. The disadvantage may be less scalability or the need to take care of dedicated hardware.

In contrast, the public cloud shares hardware with other customers, and isolation is handled at the software level. The advantage is unlimited scalability and easier management of the environment.

The future of on-premise infrastructure

In the future, cloud infrastructure will undoubtedly prevail. The existing customer-owned infrastructure will be replaced by services such as Infrastructure, Platform or Software as a service.

Choosing a suitable supplier and consultant

We at Blue Dynamic also offer consultation and implementation of hybrid infrastructure scenarios combined with the cloud. We are able to design and then deploy suitable and affordable solutions, to which of course we also provide support and monitoring of both internal and cloud infrastructure. If you are thinking about deploying hybrid infrastructure in your company, do not hesitate to arrange a non-binding consultation through contact form below.